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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name   = Mueang Krabi
| native_name     = เมืองกระบี่
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = [[District]]
| image_skyline   = Shell Cemetery, Krabi, Thailand SF0001.jpg
| image_alt       = 
| image_caption   =''Susan Hoi'' The Shell Cemetery, Sai Thai, Mueang Krabi 
| image_map       = Amphoe 8101.svg
| map_caption     = District location in [[Krabi province]]
| pushpin_map     =
| pushpin_map_caption =
| subdivision_type  = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name  = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Krabi Province|Krabi]]
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Paknam
| subdivision_type3 = [[Subdistrict]]
| subdivision_name3 = 
| subdivision_type4 = ''[[Muban]]''
| subdivision_name4 = 
| established_title =  District established
| established_date  = 
| population_total       = 79622
| population_as_of       = 2000
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:133.7|R}} 
| area_total_km2         = {{formatnum:595.7|R}}
| leader_title           = 
| leader_name            = 
| blank_name_sec1        = [[Postal code]]
| blank_info_sec1        = 81000
| blank_name_sec2        = [[Geocode]]
| blank_info_sec2        = 8101
| timezone               = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset             = +7
| coordinates       = {{coord|8|3|42|N|98|55|7|E|region:TH_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
| website   =
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Mueang Krabi''' ({{langx|th|เมืองกระบี่}}, {{IPA|th|mɯ̄a̯ŋ krā.bìː|pron}}) is the capital district (''[[amphoe mueang]]'') of [[Krabi province]] in [[southern Thailand]].

==Geography==
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): [[Ao Luek district|Ao Luek]], [[Khao Phanom district|Khao Phanom]], and [[Nuea Khlong district|Nuea Khlong]]. To the south and west it borders [[Phang Nga Bay]].

[[File:Ao Nang beach panorama 1.jpg|thumb|left|Ao Nang Beach]]

In the district is the [[Ko Phi Phi|Phi Phi Archipelago]] and several smaller islands. The [[karst]] landscape at the coast has attracts tourists to the beaches of [[Ao Nang]] and [[Railay Beach|Railay]], well known to rock climbers.

[[Khao Phanom Bencha National Park]] in the north of the district protects the forests around Phanom Bencha, the highest elevation in [[Krabi province|Krabi Province]]. That hills are also the source of the [[Krabi River]], which empties into Phang Nga Bay at [[Krabi]] town. Its [[estuary]] with mangrove forests and mudflats is a [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]]-protected wetland.

==Administration==
The district is divided into 10 sub-districts (''[[tambon]]s''), which are further subdivided into 66 villages (''[[muban]]s''). [[Krabi]] itself is the only town (''[[thesaban mueang]]'') of the district, covering ''tambons'' Pak Nam and Krabi Yai. The remaining ''tambons'' each have a tambon administrative organization (TAO).

{|
|- valign=top
||
{|
! No.
! Name
! Thai name
! Villages
! Pop.
||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
||1.||Pak Nam||ปากน้ำ||-||17,294||
|-
||2.||Krabi Yai||กระบี่ใหญ่||-||7,692||
|-
||3.||Krabi Noi||กระบี่น้อย||13||1,326||
|-
||5.||Khao Khram||เขาคราม||6||9,249||
|-
||6.||Khao Thong||เขาทอง||6||5,774||
|-
||2551.||Thap Prik||ทับปริก||8||7,962||
|-
||15.||Sai Thai||ไสไทย||7||10,851||
|-
||16.||[[Ao Nang]]||อ่าวนาง||8||7,898||
|-
||17.||Nong Thale||หนองทะเล||7||8,647||
|-
||18.||Khlong Prasong||คลองประสงค์||11||4,670||
|}
||[[Image:Tambon 8101.png|180px|Map of Tambon]]
|}
<small>The missing numbers 4, 7-10 and 12-14 were split off as [[Nuea Khlong district]]</small>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080314002940/http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=1&pv=1 amphoe.com]

{{Amphoe of Krabi}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mueang Krabi}}
[[Category:Districts of Krabi province]]

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